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ELISHA Project director awarded Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment

GEORGE ORTIZ, co-founder and executive director of The ELISHA Project, has been awarded the 2025 Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment by the Rhode...
THE ATTENDEES of Providence Business News' 2025 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards Program and Summit on Thursday morning listen to a panel discussion on navigating DEI in a shifting legal landscape. The panel includes, from left, Monika P. Zuluaga, CEO and president of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce; Tracey G. Wiley, executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Bally's Corp.; Shameem Awan, senior assistant vice president of Amica Mutual Insurance; and moderator Kevin Matta, senior director of people and culture at United Way of Rhode Island. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN Summit: Right now, courage required to sustain DEI

WARWICK – Advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion is being viewed as an increasingly risky proposition in today's political climate, causing many businesses and...

RIDE provides $457K to 12 education agencies to help students experiencing...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education has awarded more than $457,000 to 12 local education agencies in support of school communities to better serve the needs of students experiencing homelessness. The funds...

Stonehill College launches new degree programs in nursing and business

EASTON – Stonehill College has been granted permission by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing to establish a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Applications are...

Davies Career and Tech awarded $25K grant for advanced auto repair...

LINCOLN – William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School recently received a $25,000 grant to purchase advanced automotive technology equipment, the school...

Nonprofit bringing small businesses together to grow and thrive

MIDDLETOWN – Small Business Collective, a nonprofit organization aimed at supporting small businesses, has launched in Rhode Island and has named Mollie Frazer Williams...

R.I.’s first cultural feminist center to open in Providence next year

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s first feminist cultural center, The Alcove, will open at 189 Broadway on Jan. 10. The two-story space aims to provide women...

Injunction protects library funding, but uncertainty and disruption remain

PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has secured a permanent injunction against federal funding cuts to libraries and museums, but for the Providence...

One Neighborhood Builders lays off entire Central Providence Unidos staff

PROVIDENCE – The entire staff of the Central Providence Unidos organization will be laid off Wednesday, according to a statement by its executive committee. A...

Barrington teacher to return to school after probe of anti-Charlie Kirk...

BARRINGTON – A teacher in the town’s public school district will be allowed to return to work on Dec. 1 after being put on...
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